A (Mostly) Civilized Ceremony

One City Editor Couldn't Contain Himself at New York Film Critics Circle Awards

By

Stefanie Cohen

Jan. 7, 2014 9:16 p.m. ET

There's something to be said for an award show given by writers. At the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Monday night the speeches were sincere, the applause warm and no one asked who was wearing whom.

Often considered an auger of the Oscar Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards lauded director Steve McQueen, the movie "American Hustle" and the performances of Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer...